Quote Lady's Quotes by Subject, Winning

Winning

Any fool can try to defend his mistakes--and most fools do--but it gives one a feeling of nobility to admit one's mistakes. By fighting, you never get enough, but by yielding, you get more than you expected.--Lawrence G. Lovasik (The Hidden Power of Kindness)
Anybody can win - unless there happens to be a second entry.--George Ade
Before you can win, you have to believe you are worthy.--Mike Ditka (in Sports Illustrated)
Champions know there are no shortcuts to the top. They climb the mountain one step at a time. They have no use for helicopters!--Judi Adier
A competitive world offers two possibilities. You can lose. Or, if you want to win, you can change.--L. C. Thurow
Determination is the key to victory.--Dr. Fairest Hill
The difference in winning and losing is most often, not quitting.--Walt Disney
Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?--Lane Kirkland
Don’t fight a battle if you don’t gain anything by winning.--Erwin Rommel
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win--essential to success.--Napoleon Hill
Every victory of man over man has in itself a taste of defeat.... There is no essential difference between the various human groups, creatures whose bones and brains and members are the same; and every damage we do there is a form of mutilation, as if the fingers of the left hand were to be cut off by the right.--Freya Stark
The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain--he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem--he is challenged by it. Mountains are created to be conquered; adversities are designed to be defeated; problems are sent to be solved. It is better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.--William Arthur Ward
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.--Mahatma Gandhi
From quiet homes and first beginning,
Out to the undiscovered ends,
There's nothing worth the winning,
But laughter and the love of friends.--Hilaire Belloc ("Dedicatory Ode" Verses)
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.--Thomas Paine
History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.--Bertie C. Forbes
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.--Abraham Lincoln
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.--Aristotle
I get my way more often now that I have more than one way.--Art Amadon
I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win--if you don't you won't.--Bruce Jenner
I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.--Woodrow Wilson
If you ask me how I want to be remembered, it is as a winner. You know what a winner is? A winner is somebody who has given his best effort, who has tried the hardest they possibly can, who has utilized every ounce of energy and strength within them to accomplish something. It doesn't mean that they accomplished it or failed, it means that they've given it their best. That's a winner.--Walter Payton (Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton)
If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment.--Chris Evert Lloyd
If you're not big enough to lose, you're not big enough to win.--Walter Reuther
It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.--Arthur Calwell
It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games.--Henry James (The Golden Bowl)
Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.--Special Olympics motto
A loser doesn't know what he'll do if he loses, but talks about what he'll do if he wins, and a winner doesn't talk about what he'll do if he wins, but knows what he'll do if he loses.--Eric Berne
Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.--Rob Gilbert
Losses are inevitable, but excuses are optional.--John Maxwell (Sometimes you Win - Sometimes you Learn)
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.--Roger Bannister
Mankind is not disposed to look narrowly into the conduct of great victors when their victory is on the right side.--George Eliot
My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose--somehow we win out.--Ronald Reagan (Your Achievement Ezine - Issue No. 138)
Never let defeat have the last word.--Anonymous
The next best thing to winning is losing! At least you've been in the race.--Nellie Hershey Tullis
Often the best way to win is to forget to keep score.--Mariane Espinosa Murphy
Once you get past the idea that for every winner there must be a loser, amazing things can happen.--Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval (The Power of Nice)
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.--Muhammad Ali
Reality is a product of our dreams, decisions and actions, you have to believe in yourself when no one else does. That makes you a winner right there.--Venus Williams
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.--Denis Waitley
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.--Ralph Waldo Emerson ("Worship" The Conduct of Life)
The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better.--Barbara Hetcher
Remember, nobody wins unless everybody wins.--Bruce Springsteen (in Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s by Marsh)
Remember that the only time you really lose is when you're not giving it 100 percent.--H. Jackson Brown (?) (Life's Little Instruction Calendar, 1999)
Remember there is plenty of room at the top--but not enough to sit down.--Zig Ziglar (Zig Ziglar's Little Book of Big Quotes)
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.--George Herbert
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.--Richard Bach
The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.--Vince Lombardi
The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.--Blaise Pascal
There are many victories worse than a defeat.--George Eliot
There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.--Elie Wiesel
There is no victory at bargain basement prices.--Dwight David Eisenhower
They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in life who does not every day surmount a fear.--Ralph Waldo Emerson
They who lose today may win tomorrow.--Cervantes (Don Quixote)
To finish strong you must learn to rejuvenate your spirit.--Wayne Cordeiro (Leading on Empty: Refilling Your Tank and Renewing Your Passion)
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.--Pierre Corneille
Victory belongs to the most persevering.--Napoleon
Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.--Louis L'Amour
We are shaken, but we are not defeated. We stare adversity in the eye and move on.--Thomas Von Essen
We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.--Bern Williams
Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.--Ralph Waldo Emerson
Winners don't do different things. They do things differently.--Shiv Kera
Winners forget they are in a race, they just love to run.--Joe Pesci (With Honors)
Winners have simply formed the habit of doing things losers don't like to do.--Albert Gray ("The Common Denominator of Success")
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.--Dr. Dennis Waitley
Winners never quit and quitters never win.--Vince Lombardi
Winning is a habit. Unfortuantely, so is losing.--Vince Lombardi
Winning is a state of mind that embraces everything you do.--Bryce Courtenay (The Power of One)
The world is won by those who let it go!
But when you try and try,
The world is then beyond winning.--Lao-tzu (The Way of Life)
You can become a winner only if you are willing to walk over the edge.--Damon Runyon
You can never quit. Winner never quit, and quitters never win.--Ted Turner
You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.--Harriet Woods
You can't be a winner and be afraid to lose.--Charles Lynch
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.--Margaret Thatcher